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APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 1909.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

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ODDUR V. SIG-URDSSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ODDUR MANUFACTURING 2 COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y'., A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

TYPE CASTING AND COMPOSING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ODDUR V. SIGURDsSON, a subject of the King of Denmark, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city and State of New York, have invented Improvements 'in Type Casting and Composing Machines,

'wherein the matrices are formed in disks mounted to receive a motion of rotation and translation transversely to the axis of rotation andalso translation in a plane at right angles to the plane of rotation. The matrices of a font may be distributed on two disks and the required disk brought into molding position by rotationand translation. A plurality of ty e font disksmay be employed and the di erent sets brought into operative position by the operator.

The accompanying drawings disclose a mach ne embodying this invention in what is deemed to be a practical and efficient form. Skilled mechani'cians may, however, vary the organization Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Figure 1 is a right hand side elevation;

I Fig. 2, a front elevation; Fig. 3, a left hand side elevation; Fig. 4, apla'n'view; Fig. 5, a

cross section on enlarged scale on line A A of. Fig. 6, showing mechanism-for moving .the matrix disks; Fig. 6, a plan view of the same mechanism; F1 7, a longitudinal section, on line B B'o' Fig. 6, of the matrix disk barrel showing mechanism tor rotating and: translating matrix'disks in the same plane; .Fig. 8," a cross section through the matrix barrel on line C C Fig. 7; Fig. 9, a detail side elevation partly in section showing means for determining right or left hand rotation of matrix disks; Fig. 10, a detail rear elevation of same; Fig. 11, a detail front elevation of cam starting mechanism; Fig. 12, a section of the key board on line D D of Fig. 13, showing the matrix selector bar .andstop pawls Fig. '13, a. cross section of the key board and matrix selector baron line E E Fig. 12; Fig. 14, a detail Ian view on enlar ed scale of matrix se-.

ecto'r bar stop paw frame; Fig. 15,8. d'e- I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May a, 1909. Serial No. 493,497.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

tail side elevation partly in section. of the matrix barrel sliding frame with shifting mechanism; Fig. 16, a plan view of Fig. 15,

partly in section; Fig: 17, a longitudinal section of part of the matrix barrel sliding. frame; Fig. 18, a detail enlarged side elevation showing shift key and type font shift lever; Fig. 19, a plan view partly in section of Fig. 18; Fig. 20, an enlarged sectional' view of Fig. 19 on line F F; Fig. 21, a side elevation partly in section on enlarged scale,

showing matrix disk locking device and mold adjusting mechanism; 'Fig. 22, a plan view of Fig. 21 with the mold in section showing a cast type in :it; Fig. 23, a longitudinal section on an enlarged scale show-. ing mechanism for adjusting the width of the mold for the thickness runningwise of type to be cast; Fig. 24, an elevation onan enlarged scale showing a matrix disk locked in molding position with the type mold in section showing a type character cast; Figs. 25, 26, 27 and 28 are detail views of cams for operatin the various mechanisms; Fig. 29, is a partial" right hand elevation of the machine'showing means by'which the operator may retain the active matrix disk inits lower position; Fig. 30, a plan view of the lever system shownin Fig. 29; Fig. 31, an enlarged sectional view of such levers on line G G of Fig. 29; Fig. 32, a partial front elevation ofthe mechanism for operating thematrix disks; Fig; 33, an enlarged detail view of segment locking device; Fig. 34, an enlarged detail ,view showing the matrix disk throwing device connection and 'stop pin; Fig. 35, a partial right hand elevation of the machine showing means for automatically retaining the active matrix disk in its lower position; Fig. 36 a detail section on line I'I Fig. 37 Fig. 37, an enlarged elevation of the rlght hand end of the'key 'board housing Withsorne partsremoved;

that one-half 'of the keys to'the right are arrangedto throw the selector bar to the right, and the other half of the keys throw inner, ends to vertical push rods 3. Push rods 3 carry projecting lugs 3" adapted to form a support for and to lift yokes 4 and 5 controlled respectively by the keys of left hand half of the key board and the right hand half of the key board. Yokes 4 and 5 are pivotally mounted at their outer ends in the key board housing.

The vertical push rods 3 are provided at their upper ends with recesses 3 adapted to engage corresponding recesses in the lower ends of stop pawls 6, guided in vertical slots 7 a in the plates 7 supported by suitable brackets on the frame 72 of the machine.

Mounted above the stop pawls 6, in suitable sliding ways, is the transversely disposed matrix selector bar 8, having a downwardly projecting rib 8 with a projecting lug 8*. One end of the matrix selector bar 8 is extended, and has on its under surface a rack 8 that engages a spur gear 9 011 shaft 10. On the outer end of shaft 10, beyond gear 9, is a pinion 11 meshing with a segment gear 12, carried by shaft 13, mounted in bearings 13' on a sliding frame 40. Shaft 13 carries at one extremity a lever arm 14 connected at its outer end by link 15 to leverarm 16, Figs. 3, 4, 9 and 10 to which reference is now made. Lever arm 16 is loosely mounted on shaft 19 fixedly carried by the frame, and is provided with a slot 16 in which is pivotally mounted a T-shaped dog On shaft 19 at either side of lever arm 16 are loosely mountedbell crank lever arms 17 and 18, the ends of their horizontally extending arms being provided with slots or recesses adapted to be engaged by the long end of the T-shaped dog 16 The downwardly, projecting arms of the bell crank leversj 17 and lt are forked and carry pivotally mounted bloeks 17 a and 18.

.The fork'edpend of. bell crank lever 17 is flexibly connected to lever arm 24 by a rod 21 having one end pivotally attached to the yoke end of lever arm 24 and the other end slidably mounted in a hole in block 17 of bell crank arm 17. v On the outer end of rod 21 is a fixed collar 21 designedtoabut against 17 and holdbell crank arm 17 in its neutral position when cam 30"is at rest. Interposed between block 17? of bell crank arm 17 and lever arm 24 on rod 21 is a compression spring 20 which tends at all'times to preserve a fixed distance between the co nnected end of bell crank arm 17 and lever arm 24. Bell crank lever arm 18 and lever arm 25 are connected in a similar manner to arms 17 and 24, except that a tension spring 4 22 connects the two armsv tending to draw them together, and the pin 23 is interposed Normally the bell cranks 17 and 18 and le-.

ver arm 16 stand in the horizontal position shown by full lines in Figs. 9 and 10, the

slots in the ends of the bell cranks registering with the slot 16 and T-shaped dog 16" of lever arm 16, either of said bell crank arms then being in position for engagement with T-shap'ed dog 16 as the latter is thrown to the right or left of its mid position.

The device above described is. similar in all respects to that disclosed in my application, Serial No. 460,397 filed October 31, 1908, although a modified mechanism is required for its'operation from the key board as hereinafter described.

The movement of the matrix selector bar 8 to the left, as viewed from the front of the machine, is governed the left hand halfv of the key levers, and its movement to the right by the right hand half of the key levers of the key board. Mounted above the yokes 4 and 5, Figs. 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 12, are two shafts 32 and 33 extending to the rear frame 72 of the machine and supported in suitable bearings. Th'eir forward or key board ends carry short lever arms 32 and 33 to the outer ends of which are pivotally connected the downwardly projecting fingers 32 and 33",.the lower ends of which in the normal rest position are but slightly above the cross arms of yokes 5 and 4 respectively, and the fingers may be engaged and lifted by the yokes when the latter are lifted. Interposed between and parallel to shafts 32 and 33 is a third shaft 34 carrying bell crank arms 34' and 34 the downwardly projecting arms of which straddle the lever arm 16 and are respectively adapted to engage the short arms of the swinging T--shaped dog" 16 and throw it to the left or right of its mid position.

The horizontally. extending arms of bell crank levers 34*. and 34 carry-pins engaged by slots in the forked ends of lever arms 32 and 33? mounted on shafts 32 and 33.

Shafts 32 and 33 carry lever arms 35 and 36 that engage with the cross arm of yoke 37 pivotally mounted in the rear of frame 72 of the machine. Pinned to one arm of yoke 37 is a downwardly extending link 38 whose I lower end is pivotally connected to the horizontal arm of a bell crank lever 39, the upper end of the vertically extending arm of which acts as a stop for clutch member 31.

The cam 30? shown in elevation in Fig. 9 is that which operates lever arm through roller 25. The cam that operates lever arm 2% through its roller 2% is not shown in Fig. 5.), but is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 26 as cam slot 29.

It will be obvious from the construction set forth that by the manipulation of any key of the key board for example one in the left hand half, the vertical push rod 3 to which it is connected will raise through its lug 3 the yoke 1 and also its corresponding stop pawl 61 into the path of matrix select-or bar 8., Yoke =1 in rising lifts the finger 33" imparting a motion of rotation to shaft 33; the outer end of lever arm 33 lifts the horizontal' end of hell crank lever 3%? throwing its downwardly projecting arm to the left and forcing the T-shaped dog 16 into the slot of the horizontally projecting arm of hell crank lever 18, thus locking lever arm 1(3'to bell crank lever arm 18 as a unit (Figs. Sland 10).

In the rocking of shaft 33 lever arm 36 raises yoke. 37 and by it. through link 38 the horizontal arm of bell crank lever 39 is lifted, disengaging the vertical arm of said lever from clutch member 31. allowing the clutch to engage shaft 27 and start all the cams in rotation.

Cam in its rotation draws lever arm 25 toward shaft 27 and through its flexing conh1g8 comes in contact with stop pawl 6- which has been thrown up by depression of the key lever. The matrix selector bar 8 is shown in its moved position by dotted lines in Fig. 12.

The throw of cam slot 30 of cam 30 acting upon lever arm 25 is sutiicient to move the matrix selector bar 8 to contact with the extreme left hand stop pawl 6 when said pawl is thrown up by its actuating key lever. \V hen the matrix selector bar 8 isstopped by any pawl Gbetween its mi ddle or-normal position of rest and its maximum throw to either the left or right, the excess of movement nnparted to lever arms 24 and 25 is compensated for in the flexing spring connections between lever arms 24- and bell crank lever 17 and lever arm 25 and bell crank lever 18 as shown in detail Figs. 26 and 27.

By manipulation of ary key lover of the right hand half of key board, rotation of shaft 10 will be reversed and matrix selector bar 8 will move to the right until stopped by the pawl 6 thrown up by the key lever depressed.

Above and to the right of the key board and fixedly carried by a slidably mounted frame 40 is the matrix barrel 41 (Figs. 4, (5, 7 and 8), having mounted upon it matrix disks This barrel comprises twocylindrical portions -It1, all, with an opening between their adjacent ends, and two heads ll, 41 having extended cylindrical ends 41 that serve as fixed supports for the barrel in the sliding frame +10.

The matrix disks 42 are closely fitted to the barrel 41 and are mounted to slide along it being guided by splines, not shown, to preserve their alinement and prevent rotation on the barrel. In the machine illustrated there are three sets of type font matrix, disks there being two in each set. Any

' number of type font sets, within reasonable limits, may be employed.

Two yoke rings 43 slidably encircle the matrix billl'Clll, one at either end of theseries of matrix disks 1?, and have arms extending back to the base 13*slidably mounted in the matrix barrel frame 40 (Fig. 5).

The rings 43 bear a fixed relation to each other and preserve contact at all times between the matrix disks ()ne of the rings 43 has an arm 43* extending along the upper surface of matrix barrel el-l'and carrying in its outer end a roller 43.

(lonccntrically mounted in the side faces of the matrix disks, adjacent their peripheries are the character matrices 42 held in place by clamping rings 42 and :12. The matrix plates 12 may be individually set in the disks or maybe made. up in sections. In the disks 4?. back of each matrix plate is a hole 42 to receive an alining and locking device. Shaft 10 that carries spur gear 5) and pinion 11 extends through the cylindrical portion 41 of matrix barrel head 1 a and has formed at its inner end the guides 10 inclosingon three sides the back 145 of disk 15. The disk 45 is counter-boned on its face opposite back 15 to receive an eccentric 46 fast on the inner end of shaft t t that extends through the cylindrical portion all" of the left. hand matrix barrel head 41. and carries on its outer end a pinion 41 1. Figs. 1. and .T he cylindrical portions 41 of the barrel heads form the outer bearings for shafts 1.0 and 44 while the plates 11" fixed within the respective sections ofthe matrix barrel 41 form their inner bearings. The outside dian'ieter of disk 15 is the same as that of matrix barrel 11. \Vheu in its normrl position disk 45 completes the broken matrix barrel 11, forming onecontinuous normal position registerswith the splines of matrix barrel 41, forming a continuous guide for the matrix CllSkS 42 1n their movement along the barrel and acting as a key to p1 1.

' duce rotation of the matr1x disk that is in operation. .The opening between the two '40? and 40* Figs. 2 and. 5.

held in normal or central position by the action of compression springs 40 (Figs. 3

portions .of matrix barrel 41 is as great as the thickness of one matrix disk 42.

)Vhen one of the matrix disks 42 is moved to the openingin the matrix barrel 41 and engaged by disk 45, a motion of rotation may be impartedto it by shaft lOthrough guides 10 and block 45. In likemanner by rotation of shaft 44 a movement of-translation will be imparted to the matrix disk, by the eccentric disk 46. The movements of retation and translation of the matrix disk 42 may takeplace simultaneously.

In Figs. 7 and 8 one ofthe matrix disks is shown moved to its lower position to bring a matrix character in line with the mold face.

Parallel with the axis of the matrix barrel 41 and vertically above it is shaft 47 supported in bearings on frame 40. This shaft carries at its outer end asegment gear 48 meshing with pinion, 44 on shaft 44 (Figs.

" bearings 58and receives its motion through 1, 2 and 7), and at its inner end a lever arm 49 connected by link '50 to lever arm 51 (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 26). The lever arm 51 is pivotally mounted to a bracket of the machine frame 72 and carries a roller 51 ac tuated by cam slot 29, whose throw is just suflicient to produce a half revolution of shaft 44 through the connections above described and such one half revolution of said shaft throws the matrix disk in operationto its lower position (Figs. 7 and 8).

' By manipulation of any key in the board.

shaft 10 is given either a right or' left hand 4 movement by matrix selector bar 8 until ar rested by the particular pawl 6' thrown up by a depressed key lever. Rotation of shaft 10 revolves the active matrix disk to bring the selected matrix to the molding point when the disk is in its lower-most'position.

Means for moving the operative matrix disk to the mold face andlockingit in mold position, may be-as follows: Matrix barrel frame 40 supporting the actuating mech 'anism for the matrix disks 42 is .slidably mounted in a recess in main frame 72 of the machine, being retained in'the recess by jibs The frame 40 is and 17) interposed between said frame and the machine frame 72. Pivotally mounted on pin 55, Fig. 15, is the lever arm 55 car; rying roller 55 acted upon by cam face 29 of cam 29. The upper end of lever 55% provided with a pin 55 bearing in the slotted end of lever arm 54 pinned to the upper and of the lever arm 53 having its outer end forked and slotted to receive the pin of wedge 52.

Between the shaft 54 and lever arm 53 is formed a flexing connection by means of sprmg53' for the purpose herelnafter described. Vedge 52 passes through the housing of the matrix barrel sliding frame 40' and has itsbevelededge in contact with the end of said frame which is cut to conform to the angle of said wedg'e, Figs. 15 and 16. Upon rotation of cam 29, cam surface 29 acting on roller 55 throws outwardly lever arm 55 and through lever arm 54 shaft 54" spring 55 and lever arm 53, draws wedge 52 to the left forcing matrix barrel sliding frame 40 in the direction of the type mold and bringing the operative matrix disk in contact with the mold face.

In the above movement oft-he matrix disk i the flexing connection between lev"er arm 53 and shaft 54 serves to cushion the operative matrix diskagainstthe mold face. In Figs.

22 and 24, the operative matrix disk 42 is shown locked in contact with the mold face by pin 57 of plunger.57' entering hole 52 in the disk. Plunger 57 is mounted in the the forked bell crank lever 59 acting on pin 57. Bell crank lever 59.is pivotally mounted on shaft. 60 and has its horizontal arm connected by a flexing link 61 (Figs. 21, 24

i and 25) to lever arm 62, mounted on a shaft 63 extending through frame 72 and carrying at its inner end a lever arm 64'having a roller 65 actuated by cam-slot 66 of cam 66.

The upper and lower portions of the type mold are formed by fixed plates 67, 68, that limit the width of the type, the sliding mold face 69. forms one end and the adjustable plunger 70, which by its position determines i the thickness running-wise of the type to becast, forms the other end of the mold.

A cover plate 68 forms one side of the guide way in which the part 70 slides (Fig- 22). The face of the mold is formed by out- .wardlyprojecting surfaces 68, 67 68, 69'

parts 68 67, 68, 69 and'70' respectively (Figs. 22, 28 and The construction of the mold is clearly shown by Figs. '21, 22, 23and-24. Sliding mold face 69, near its upper. end isprovided with-a type. channel-' 69 ,through which the type aflter having been cast-are moved to the line channel7 1. Sliding mold face 69 is mount-- ed in guiding grooves formed 1n the frame '72 of the machine and is provided with a stop lug 69 designed to engage a limit/screw 7 2 ,on the frame. When the stop lug 69 is in contact with the screw, the type channel 69 of sliding mold face will register with thetypemold and line channel 71 forming 130 a continuous passage for the type from the 

